Call the Second Amendment Freedom Insurance; Unequal Laws

Published: July 4, 1990

To the Editor:

Apropos the killing of eight people in a Florida office by a gunman who had once pleaded guilty to an assault charge involving a fatal shooting, but was not classified as a felon (news articles, June 19 and 20):

A short time ago, after 40 years of teaching, I retired and applied for a substitute teacher's license in New Jersey and Florida. I was legally obliged to undergo a fingerprint check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (at my own expense) before obtaining the licenses.

Evidently, society considers a substitute teacher potentially more dangerous than a person with a record of felony conviction who wants to buy a military weapon, but who is not required to submit to a background investigation.